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Injury--both violent and unintentional--is the greatest threat to public health in America today. Many, if not most, injury prevention measures involve the use of law. These laws range from federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to state seat-belt use laws to city smoke detector ordinances.
Protecting the Public: Legal Issues in Injury Prevention is the first comprehensive study of this important area of the law. Written by renowned experts in the field, the work describes the strengths and weaknesses of injury prevention laws. It examines how the courts have dealt with a variety of
legal challenges to injury prevention laws, including challenges based on the laws' apparent interference with the free exercise of individual rights. Relevant issues such as whether or not compulsory motorcycle helmet laws violate constitutional rights, and whether gun control laws reduce gun
violence are addressed in this book. The book also demonstrates how civil litigation in the form of private lawsuits is sometimes an alternative means of inducing injury prevention measures. The effectiveness of injury prevention laws are also reviewed. Public policy issues are explored and the
philosophical and economic objections to such laws are explained. Throughout the book, Christoffel and Teret have skillfully interwoven excerpts from legal opinions and research studies into their lucid text. Their book will be an invaluable guide for lawyers, health professionals, public health
administrators, policymakers, community activists and all those involved in protecting the public through injury prevention laws.
About the Author:
Tom Christoffel, J.D., is Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of four books and over 50 articles on health law and injury. Professor Christoffel recently served as chair of the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section of the
American Public Health Association. Stephen Teret, J.D., M.P.H., is Director of the John Hopkins Injury Prevention Center. As a lawyer trained in public health, he has focused his work on the epidemiology and policy of injury prevention, with emphasis on strategies that involve the law.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780195073683
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Height: 243 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 671 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0195073681
  • Publisher Date: 16 Sep 1993
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Legal Issues in Injury Prevention
  • Width: 171 mm


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